Trending fashion colors for Fall 2012

With the fall season rapidly approaching, you may not be very savvy when it comes to fashion. Or better yet, you may not even know what colors are appropriate. You might even be asking yourself “what colors are trending”? There are an array of colors for you to choose from for both men and women's fashions for the fall season. There are colors such as: Bright Chartreuse, which is a hint of apple, lime, and neon yellow tones. The second color is Pink Flambé. This is considered to be raspberry color.  Tangerine Tango, is a third color that is trending this Fall season. This is a reddish orange color. You may consider these first few colors that I have mentioned to be colors that you would wear in the spring or summer. However, these colors that are now trending are sure to brighten and uplift your fall wardrobe! The fourth color is Ultramarine Green. It is a blend of jade and mint tones. Honey Gold, which is a yellowish color, and a color that works great for the fall!  A beautiful color that you may want to consider this season is Olympian Blue. This is a blend of cobalt and sapphire tones. When you think of the fall season, you may be thinking of warm colors such as French Roast, which is a rich coffee colored brown, or Rhubarb which is reddish orange in color. If you want a not so warm color, you may want to try colors like Rose Smoke,  Titanium , Sea Fog, or Whitecap Gray All of these colors, are considered to be neutral.

Where can you purchase trendy yet inexpensive clothes for the fall?

Now that you know the colors that are trending for the fall season, you may be asking yourself, “where can I purchase trendy yet inexpensive clothing for the fall”? Well, there are numerous places where you can purchase items for your fall wardrobe. Places like, H&M, Old Navy, New York & Company, Rue 21, and Express. Need accessories to spruce up your wardrobe? Check out Accessories Galore and More. This is a fashion and accessory store, located in Conyers, GA. If you aren’t in GA, you can order the accessories you want right off of the internet and have them shipped directly to you!

The stores listed above are actual stores that I purchase my trendy, yet inexpensive wardrobe. I hope this list of colors and stores helps you to revitalize your fall wardrobe!

Professional Organization: The Dramatists Guild

Professional organizations do not always get the credit they deserve. Employers do not care for them because they resemble unions. Employees are wary of joining them because they see little or no advantage of being a member. However, being apart of these organizations could be beneficial in professional matters that turn into legal matters. For example, the teacher organization NEA, gives their members one million dollars of legal coverage.

As an up and coming playwright, I have researched several professional associations that I have considered joining. The professional association that I am most interested in being apart of is The Dramatists Guild.  The Dramatists Guild was founded over 80 years ago, and is the only association that advances the interests of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists, writing for the living stage. What is appealing about the Dramatists Guild, is that they protect both artistic and economic integrity. I feel confident when making transactions with intellectual property (plays, movie scripts, etc.) that the Dramatists Guild will help to guide and protect me through that process. 

The Dramatists Guild offers a variety of events and education such as: Friday Night Footlights and the Director/Dramatists Exchange.  

For a full list and description of the Dramatist Guilds events and education click here

The Dramatist Guild also has a Bill of Rights, for its members. Below is a list of the Bill of Rights.

1. Artistic Integrity

2. Approval of Production Elements

3. Right to be Present

4. Royalties

5. Billing Credit

6. Ownership of Intellectual Property

7. Ownership of Incidental

8. Subsidiary Rights

9. Future Options

10. Author's Contract

For a full description of the Bill of Rights, click here

It is very important for any professional to be apart of a professional organization. After researching this and other organizations in my industry,  I have concluded that this is a solid professional organization worth joining. 

Acting as healing

Patsy Rodenburg, is a voice and acting coach, and has worked with some of the world's leading actors. She was named as TED.com 's best of the web, in March, 2010, for her speech "Why I do theater".

In her speech, "Why I do theater" Patsy Rodenburg, shares a lot of knowledge with her audience. She talks about how the actor should "be in the present, be engaged, be in the moment, and be connected ."  She also states that: "playwrights and actors are needed more than any other time, because they are the healers of society, and have witnessed the truth." Rodenburg goes on to share with her audience a story about an encounter with a man she met in Australia.  He tells Patsy  Rodenburg, that he and his wife didn’t like theater. The reason they did not like theater was because they saw a play called The Women of Troy. There was an actress who made a sound that was very embarrassing. The sound was made because she loss her son. It was the same sound that he made, when it was discovered that his daughter, a year later, had been raped and murdered. It was that actress that he didn’t like, because she played with truth and feeling.

Patsy Rodenburg’s  speech helped me to develop a deeper understanding of her topic: “Why I do theater”.  As a director, I will be sure that potential actors are able to relate to that character and play it truthfully. When an actor is able to relate to the people that are viewing a production, they are able to connect with them. In turn, sometimes the audience will not like a certain character that the actor plays. This only means the actor has played it truthfully. Playwrights have a calling, and that is to help hurting people through their productions. It is also to reveal the truth. Rodenburg says in her speech that playwrights are the healers of society. This is true. Sometimes, if you try to share the truth with someone verbally they will not listen. But if it is performed on stage, or in a film, and it is acted out truthfully then people are not as reluctant to listen and take it in the truth that applies to them. Rodenburg has given me clarity on why I am called to be a playwright and screenwriter. People are hungry for the truth and search for it in plays, television, and film.